Follow a small group of elderly “Peeping Toms” through the shadows and margins of an unfamiliar world. Crudely documented by the participants themselves, we follow the debased and shocking actions of a group of true sociopaths the likes of which have never been seen before. Inhabiting a world of broken dreams and beyond the limits of morality, they crash against a torn and frayed America.
However crassly delivered, Mr. Korine's warning against over-consumption is unambiguous: these savages are our future, our "true seed." The only surprise is that he didn't include a shot of one of them violating this film.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
7 May 2010
fresh:
For the brave souls who make it to the end, there should at least be no question of the movie's sincerity.
– Sam Adams,
Salon.com,
12 May 2010
fresh:
The crass, fuzzy beauty of VHS' defiantly crisp-free recording technology gives haunting visual power to both the empty-parking-lot dreariness of day and the harsh, lamplit hum of night.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2010
rotten:
This interminable piece of crap copped a big prize at the 2009 Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival.
– Cliff Doerksen,
Chicago Reader,
3 Jun 2010
rotten:
Imagine if you salvaged a grubby VHS tape off the roadside only to discover it contained outtakes from an amateur Jackass knock-off.